A film dedicated to the workers of America's shipyards and war plants working to built USS Hornet (CV-8) and commissioning of the same in Norfolk during World War II. Workers work in shipyard to build USS Hornet. USS Hornet is launched. Sailors walk up gangway of USS Hornet. U.S. Secretary of Navy William Franklin Knox makes a speech during commissioning of USS Hornet CV-8 on 20th October, 1941. Navy officers and sailors lined up.
The American Aircraft Carrier, USS Hornet (CV-8), slowly departs from a dock. Closeup of the ship from the dock. The Hornet underway at sea in her shakedown cruise. F4F Wildcat aircraft of Navy Squadron VF-8, taxiing on her flight deck. Douglas Dauntless aircraft of Squadrons V8-8 and VS-8 on deck. Sailors moving a Douglas Dauntless dive bomber across the deck. A Douglas Dauntless aircraft taking off. Closeup of one in flight with canopy open and very closeup view of pilot in open cockpit. A Landing Signal Officer (LSO), holding two paddles, guides an F4F aircraft during a carrier landing. View of a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator aircraft from Squadron VT-8, landing and sliding off the flight deck, where it hangs upside down on lower part of the ship. Sailors gather around the stricken airplane. The pilot seen standing on the flight deck unhurt. An F4F landing on the flight deck. An LSO guiding a Douglas Dauntless plane as it lands.
A film based on mission of USS Hornet (CV-8) in Pacific Ocean during World War II. On 18th April, 1942 USS Hornet CV-8 underway with 16 U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers parked on flight deck to carry out Doolittle Raid on Japan. U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, leader of the raiding force, wires a Japanese medal to a 500-pound bomb, during ceremonies on the flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8). The B-25s are prepared for take off. The B-25s take off from flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8). USN (United States Navy) Fleet Admiral William Halsey on the deck of USS Hornet (CV-8) looks up at B-25 in flight.
A film based on mission of USS Hornet (CV-8) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Members of U.S. Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) who are to participate in Battle of Midway, pose aboard deck of USS Hornet underway. Radioman George Field, Radioman Hollis Martin, Lieutenant Commander John Waldron, pose who would be killed in action later. Only survivor of the mission Ensign George Gay poses on deck with Radioman Hollis Martin. U.S. TBD Devastator torpedo bombers take off from flight deck of USS Hornet on 4th June, 1942. Men at work in the radio room. Church service for the dead men in the Battle of Midway.
A film based on mission of U.S. Navy USS Hornet (CV-8) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy USS Hornet underway in the Pacific Ocean soon after Battle of Midway. Members of the crew exercise on the flight deck of USS Hornet. An officer with the gun crew on deck. Men in wardroom.
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands on 26th of October, 1942 during World War II. U.S. aircraft take off from U.S. Navy USS Hornet (CV-8) carrier at dawn. Members of crew on U.S. carrier look through binoculars. Japanese bombers formation overhead. Gun crews of USS Hornet (CV-8) attack the Japanese aircraft. Japanese aircraft in flames crash. Flak bursts in sky. USS Hornet gets torpedoed and bombed heavily. USS Hornet burns. The crew abandons the USS Hornet. Members of the crew board rescue boats. USS Hornet being sunk by torpedo attacks at night. Wounded men transferred to other U.S. ships and taken ashore. New ships being launched from shipyards in United States.
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